2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team


The 2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented University of Washington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. In the final regular season game for the Huskies on February 25, 2017, Kelsey Plum scored a Pac-12 record 57 points in an 84–77 win over Utah to set NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring record. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They were upset by the 10 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tournament. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Montana State and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before losing to Mississippi State in the sweet sixteen. With 29 wins in the regular season, the most wins in school history.

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
Record29–6 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Morgan Valley
  • Todd Schaefer
  • Jasmine Lister
Home arenaAlaska Airlines Arena
Seasons
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oregon State162 .889315 .861
No. 6 Stanford153 .833326 .842
No. 12 Washington153 .833296 .829
No. 15 UCLA135 .722259 .735
Arizona State99 .5002013 .606
Oregon810 .4442314 .622
California612 .3332014 .588
Washington State612 .3331620 .444
Colorado513 .2781716 .515
Utah513 .2781615 .516
USC513 .2781416 .467
Arizona513 .2781416 .467
2017 Pac-12 tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

On April 3, Mike Neighbors resigned from Washington to accept the head coaching job at Arkansas. He finished with a four-year record of 98–41.

Roster

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F/C0Chantel Osahor6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)SrSaint Mary'sPhoenix, AZ
F1Hannah Johnson6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)RS SoBishop AlemanyLos Angeles, CA
G2Aari McDonald5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)FrBrooksideTracy, CA
F3Mai-Loni Henson6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)FrLa Jolla Country DayTemecula, CA
G4Amber Melgoza5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)FrSanta BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA
G5Natalie Romeo5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)JrCarondelet
Nebraska
Martinez, CA
G10Kelsey Plum5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SrLa Jolla Country DayPoway, CA
F/C13Katie Collier6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)RS SrSeattle ChristianCovington, WA
G/F14Heather Corral6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)RS JrPrairieVancouver, WA
G/F15Khalia Lark6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)JrMater DeiIrvine, CA
G20Kelli Kingma5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)JrHenry M. JacksonMill Creek, WA
G21Brianna Ruiz5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)RS JrDel OroSacramento, CA
G24Jenna Moser5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)JrColtonColton, WA
F32Gigi Garcia6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)FrC. K. McClatchySacramento, CA
C34Deja Strother6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)SoInglemoorKenmore, WA
G42Mackenzie Wieburg5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)JrIssaquahSammamish, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2016*
5:30 pm
No. 17 Central WashingtonW 97–66 
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
11/02/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Concordia (OR)W 99–57 
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Eastern Washington
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 100–52 1–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,263)
Seattle, WA
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Colorado State
Preseason WNIT quarterfinals
W 101–68 2–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,520)
Seattle, WA
11/17/2016*
5:00 pm
No. 17 No. 25 Missouri
Preseason WNIT semifinals
W 79–66 3–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,701)
Seattle, WA
11/20/2016*
12:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 17 at No. 1 Notre Dame
Preseason WNIT championship
L 60–71 3–1
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,106)
South Bend, IN
11/22/2016*
5:00 pm
No. 15 IdahoW 105–53 4–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,531)
Seattle, WA
11/26/2016*
4:00 pm
No. 15 at SeattleW 94–64 5–1
Connolly Center (603)
Seattle, WA
11/27/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 15 at PortlandW 83–53 6–1
Chiles Center (537)
Portland, OR
12/01/2016*
6:00 pm
No. 13 at Grand CanyonW 101–66 7–1
GCU Arena (754)
Phoenix, AZ
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 13 Fresno StateW 85–54 8–1
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 11 Cal State NorthridgeW 101–44 9–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,454)
Seattle, WA
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 Boise StateW 94–66 10–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,028)
Seattle, WA
12/18/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 11 Savannah StateW 87–36 11–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,864)
Seattle, WA
12/22/2016*
1:00 pm
No. 9 at BYUW 82–70 12–1
Marriott Center (775)
Provo, UT
Pac-12 regular season
12/27/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Washington StateW 94–63 13–1
(1–0)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635)
Seattle, WA
12/30/2016
3:00 pm
No. 9 at OregonW 99–77 14–1
(2–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,858)
Eugene, OR
01/01/2017
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 22 Oregon StateL 70–73 14–2
(2–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,077)
Corvallis, OR
01/06/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 12 USCW 77–67 15–2
(3–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,377)
Seattle, WA
01/08/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 No. 9 UCLAW 82–70 16–2
(4–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,446)
Seattle, WA
01/13/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at ArizonaW 84–70 17–2
(5–1)
McKale Center (1,684)
Tucson, AZ
01/15/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at No. 19 Arizona StateW 65–54 18–2
(6–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (2,314)
Tempe, AZ
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Washington StateW 87–44 19–2
(7–1)
Beasley Coliseum (987)
Pullman, WA
01/27/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 CaliforniaW 90–67 20–2
(8–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,608)
Seattle, WA
01/29/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 No. 10 StanfordL 68–72 20–3
(8–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
02/03/2017
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 at UtahW 82–53 21–3
(9–2)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,375)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/05/2017
11:00 am, P12N
No. 10 at ColoradoW 79–75 22–3
(10–2)
Coors Events Center (1,818)
Boulder, CO
02/10/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 ArizonaW 91–55 23–3
(11–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,088)
Seattle, WA
02/12/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 No. 23 Arizona StateW 70–57 24–3
(12–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (6,248)
Seattle, WA
02/17/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 18 UCLAL 79–90 24–4
(12–3)
Pauley Pavilion (1,699)
Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2017
3:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at USCW 87–74 25–4
(13–3)
Galen Center (1,513)
Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 ColoradoW 79–47 26–4
(14–3)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,448)
Seattle, WA
02/25/2017
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 UtahW 84–77 27–4
(15–3)
Alaska Airlines Arena (6,775)
Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
8:30 pm, P12N
(3) No. 11 vs. (6) Oregon
Quarterfinals
L 69–70 27–5
KeyArena (9,686)
Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 O) No. 11 (14 O) Montana State
First Round
W 91–63 28–5
Alaska Airlines Arena (8,059)
Seattle, WA
03/20/2017*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 O) No. 11 (6 O) No. 23 Oklahoma
Second Round
W 108–82 29–5
Alaska Airlines Arena (7,579)
Seattle, WA
03/24/2017*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 O) No. 11 vs. (2 O) No. 7 Mississippi State
Sweet Sixteen
L 64–75 29–6
Chesapeake Energy Arena 
Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
O=Oklahoma City Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Final
AP17171513111199128871010911111212N/A
Coaches151513131111991197710891210111111
Legend
 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
(RV) Received Votes

See also

2016–17 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

References